JP3751223B2 - Eccentric facing unit - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23B—TURNING; BORING
- B23B29/00—Holders for non-rotary cutting tools; Boring bars or boring heads; Accessories for tool holders
- B23B29/04—Tool holders for a single cutting tool
- B23B29/12—Special arrangements on tool holders
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23B—TURNING; BORING
- B23B29/00—Holders for non-rotary cutting tools; Boring bars or boring heads; Accessories for tool holders
- B23B29/03—Boring heads
- B23B29/034—Boring heads with tools moving radially, e.g. for making chamfers or undercuttings
- B23B29/03432—Boring heads with tools moving radially, e.g. for making chamfers or undercuttings radially adjustable during manufacturing
- B23B29/03478—Boring heads with tools moving radially, e.g. for making chamfers or undercuttings radially adjustable during manufacturing by means of an eccentric
- B23B29/03482—Boring and facing heads
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T409/00—Gear cutting, milling, or planing
- Y10T409/30—Milling
- Y10T409/306664—Milling including means to infeed rotary cutter toward work
- Y10T409/30756—Machining arcuate surface
- Y10T409/307616—Machining arcuate surface with means to move cutter eccentrically
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Description
【0001】
【発明が属する技術分野】
この発明は、工具軸すなわちフェーシング工具(正面バイト)保持軸をスピンドルに対して偏心させて配置したフェーシングユニットの改良に関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
この種のフェーシングユニットとしては、工具軸をスピンドルに対して相対的に回転させることにより、スピンドルの軸心(軸線)に対する工具の切刃の半径方向の距離(刃先の離心量)を変化させて、フェーシング切削を行うものが知られている。
【0003】
この周知のフェーシングユニットは、回転系のみの構成のため、半径方向のストローク全体を通して、バランス取りが容易であるなどの利点を有しているが、機構上切削抵抗などが変化する点から好ましくない切刃のすくい角の変化が回避できないとともに、特にこのすくい角の変化は、半径方向のストロークが大きくなればなる程大きくなることから、その用途は、すくい角の変化が比較的小さい切刃の小ストロークのフェーシング切削に限定されている。
【0004】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
この発明は、上記のような点に鑑み、偏心式フェーシングユニットとして、バランス取りの容易な回転系のみからなるとともにすくい角が不変のものを提供することを課題としている。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この発明に係る偏心式フェーシングユニットは、スピンドルに、工具駆動軸により回転駆動する工具軸装着軸を偏心させて装着し、該工具軸装着軸に、工具駆動軸にオルダム継手機構を介して同速回転するように連結した工具軸を、工具軸装着軸のスピンドルに対する偏心量と同量偏心させて装着し、かつ工具軸装着軸と工具駆動軸を、工具軸装着軸が工具駆動軸と同速回転する工具軸の2倍の角度回転するように、歯車伝動機構を介して伝動連結した構成からなる。
【0006】
この発明の偏心式フェーシングユニットは、要約すれば、図1に略示するように、スピンドルの軸心Oから等間隔をおいて工具軸装着軸の軸心Pと工具軸の軸心Qを配置し、軸心QからRを切刃の先端とするフェーシング工具を延在させるとともに、工具軸装着軸に属する線分PQが軸心Pの周りに角度θ回転して、軸心QがQ’まで移動する際に、フェーシング工具に属する線分QRがQ’の周りにθ/2の角度回転して、Q’R’の位置を占めるように構成するもので、この構成によれば、線分Q’R’の延長線、すなわち切刃Rの切削方向に直交する面は常にスピンドルの軸心Oを通る形になるので、切刃のすくい角は常に一定である。
【0007】
またこの発明のフェーシングユニットにおいては、工具駆動軸と工具軸のオルダム継手機構を介した連結により、工具軸装着軸及び工具軸の偏心量に関する加工誤差、すなわち図1におけるOP間及びPQ間の距離に関する加工誤差が適確に補償(吸収)される。
【0008】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下図2〜図4に基づいて、この発明のフェーシングユニットの一実施形態を説明する。
【0009】
図示した形態では、スピンドル11(軸心O)の先端域に隣接する内奥部に、スピンドル11と同心的にのびる工具駆動軸12が装着されている一方、スピンドル11の先端域の内部に、スピンドル11に対して偏心した工具軸装着軸16が装着され、この工具軸装着軸16(軸心P)の内部に、そのスピンドル11に対する偏心量と同量偏心した工具軸21(軸心Q)の後半部が装着されている。
【0010】
工具駆動軸12は、先端部に駆動歯車13を備えており、この駆動歯車13の先端側には突起15付きのオルダム継手機構のハブ(ボス)14が付設されている。
【0011】
工具軸装着軸16は、後端部に、左右一対の中間歯車18、19を介してスピンドル11の駆動歯車12に伝動連結した従動歯車17を備えており、この工具駆動軸12から工具軸装着軸16への歯車伝動によって、工具駆動軸12の2倍の回転速度で回転するようになっている。
【0012】
工具軸21は、先端部に切刃27付きのフェーシング工具26を保持する一方、後端部に、突起23付きのオルダム継手機構のハブ22を備えており、このハブ22はハブ14と、前後に突起23、15のそれぞれがスライド係合する溝25を有するオルダム継手機構の中間部材24を介して連結されて、工具軸21が工具駆動軸12と同速度で回転するようになっている。
【0013】
この実施形態においては、図1で説明したように、工具軸装着軸16が 工具駆動軸12から駆動歯車13、従動歯車17及び中間歯車18、19を含む歯車伝動機構を介して、スピンドル11に対して角度θ回転する際には、工具軸12が、突起15、23付きのハブ13、22と溝25付きの中間部材24を含むオルダム継手機構を介して、工具駆動軸12と同様に、工具軸装着軸16に対してθ/2回転し、切刃27の切削方向に直交する面は常にスピンドル11の軸心を通る。すなわち切刃27のすくい角は変化を受けず、常に一定に保持される。またオルダム継手機構を介した工具軸21と工具駆動軸12の連結によって、工具軸装着軸16と工具軸21の偏心上の加工誤差が適確に吸収される。
【0014】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、この発明の偏心式フェーシングユニットによれば、切刃のすくい角は、半径方向のストロークや変化する刃先の離心量に関係なく、普遍である。従って常に切削抵抗等が一定の安定した切削を行うことができる。また工具駆動軸と工具軸をオルダム継手機構を介して連結するので、工具軸装着軸と工具軸の偏心上の加工誤差を適確に吸収することができる。
【0015】
又このフェーシングユニットによれば、フェーシング工具の遠心力がその軸受に受け止められて、スピンドルの回転モーメントに作用することがないので、スピンドルの軸心を含めて全ストロークで安定した送りや位置決めを行うことができる。
【0016】
さらにこのフェーシングユニットは、密封性に優れるとともに小型化可能な簡単な構造であることから、高速ボーリングやリセッシング加工のために好適である。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】この発明に係るフェーシングユニットにおける切刃の回転状態の説明図である。
【図2】この発明のフェーシングユニットの一実施形態の略正断面図である。
【図3】図1に示す実施形態の略平断面図である。
【図4】図1に示す実施形態の略左側面図である。
【符号の説明】
11 スピンドル
12 工具駆動軸
13 駆動歯車
14 オルダム継手ハブ
16 工具軸装着軸
17 従動歯車
18 中間歯車
19 中間歯車
21 工具軸
22 オルダム継手ハブ
24 オルダム継手中間部材
26 フェーシング工具
27 切刃
O スピンドルの軸心
P 工具装着軸の軸心
Q 工具軸の軸心[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to an improvement of a facing unit in which a tool shaft, that is, a facing tool (front tool) holding shaft is arranged eccentrically with respect to a spindle.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In this type of facing unit, by rotating the tool axis relative to the spindle, the radial distance of the cutting edge of the tool (the amount of eccentricity of the cutting edge) relative to the spindle axis (axis) is changed. What performs facing cutting is known.
[0003]
This well-known facing unit has an advantage that it is easy to balance through the entire radial stroke because it is composed only of a rotating system. However, this is not preferred because the cutting resistance changes due to the mechanism. The change in the rake angle of the cutting edge cannot be avoided. In particular, the change in the rake angle becomes larger as the radial stroke becomes larger. Limited to small stroke facing cutting.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide an eccentric facing unit that includes only a rotating system that can be easily balanced and has an invariable rake angle.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An eccentric facing unit according to the present invention is mounted on a spindle by decentering a tool shaft mounting shaft that is rotationally driven by a tool driving shaft, and the tool shaft mounting shaft is connected to the tool driving shaft at the same speed via an Oldham coupling mechanism. The tool shafts connected so as to rotate are mounted with the same amount of eccentricity with respect to the spindle of the tool shaft mounting shaft, and the tool shaft mounting shaft and the tool drive shaft are mounted at the same speed. It consists of the structure which carried out transmission connection through the gear transmission mechanism so that it might rotate twice as much as the tool axis to rotate.
[0006]
In summary, the eccentric facing unit of the present invention is arranged with a tool shaft mounting shaft axis P and a tool shaft axis Q spaced equidistant from the spindle axis O as schematically shown in FIG. Then, the facing tool having R as the tip of the cutting blade is extended from the axis Q, and the line segment PQ belonging to the tool axis mounting axis is rotated by an angle θ around the axis P, so that the axis Q is Q ′. The line segment QR belonging to the facing tool is rotated by an angle of θ / 2 around Q ′ and occupies the position of Q′R ′. Since the extension line of the minute Q′R ′, that is, the plane perpendicular to the cutting direction of the cutting edge R, always passes through the axis O of the spindle, the rake angle of the cutting edge is always constant.
[0007]
Further, in the facing unit of the present invention, due to the connection between the tool drive shaft and the tool shaft through the Oldham coupling mechanism, the machining error related to the eccentric amount of the tool shaft mounting shaft and the tool shaft, that is, the distance between OP and PQ in FIG. The processing error is accurately compensated (absorbed) .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the facing unit of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0009]
In the illustrated form, a
[0010]
The
[0011]
The tool
[0012]
The tool shaft 21 holds a facing
[0013]
In this embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the tool
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the eccentric facing unit of the present invention, the rake angle of the cutting edge is universal regardless of the radial stroke and the changing amount of eccentricity of the cutting edge. Therefore, stable cutting with constant cutting resistance and the like can always be performed. Further, since the tool drive shaft and the tool shaft are connected via the Oldham coupling mechanism, machining errors due to eccentricity of the tool shaft mounting shaft and the tool shaft can be absorbed accurately.
[0015]
Further, according to this facing unit, the centrifugal force of the facing tool is received by the bearing and does not act on the rotational moment of the spindle, so that stable feeding and positioning are performed over the entire stroke including the spindle center. be able to.
[0016]
Furthermore, this facing unit is suitable for high-speed boring and recessing because it has a simple structure that is excellent in sealing performance and can be miniaturized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a rotating state of a cutting blade in a facing unit according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view of an embodiment of a facing unit according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG.
4 is a schematic left side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
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